New blogs to the feed reader since March 31st –

Adventures with Rachel
Agent Mystery Case
Anabel’s Travel Blog
Art Peace
Badfish Out of Water
Blog Apocalypse
Bubbles in my Head
Capitol Hill Style
Clients From Hell
Elephant’s Child
Eye on the Edge
Good Woman
Hawaii News and Island Information
it just Dawned on me . . .
JibberJabberUK
Klar Himmel – Clear Skies – Carpe Noctem
Life at Number Five
Maison Cupcake
MamaMarmalade
Musing Off The Mat
my2morrows
Nutsrok
Patti Dawn Swanson
Part Time Monster
Random Musings And Wanderlust
Rants from Mommyland
SilverTiger
Snippets & Snapshots
That’s so pants
The Other Side of Sixty
The Plastic Mancunian
The Second Half of My Life
The Siberian American
Tin and Thyme
TurtleHead
Welcome to my World
You Gotta Start Somewhere

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers.

There are 37 of you. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, often because I read a blogger who linked to you. I liked your blog a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so. Then I added you to my feedreader..

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment. If you want to get a feed reader, I highly recommend Inoreader, which I have been using a lot lately.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my permanent blogroll. YAY!

October New Feed Review –

It has now been six months since October, so this month I have gone through the review process and the blogs which I am keeping are these –

Adelaide and Beyond
A is for Abi
A Wheelbarrow Full Of Style
Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl
Australian Subscription Boxes
Big Fat Betty
Call Me Kim
CamiKaos
Elizabeth Spiers
Feeling flabulous
Healthy Food For Living
High Riser
Memoirs of a Chronic Chick
Mookie’s Life
Pinkgemma.com
Plus Size & Proud
Polished Curves
Pretty Big Butterflies
redhotcentre
Sarah’s Heart Writes
Seana Smith
The Curved Opinion
The I Love You Song
The Not So Secret Diary of a Wannabe Princess
Under The Porch Light

Why did I unsubscribe from 20 of the 45 blogs? Some of the reasons are as follows listed in no particular order – taken from my blog posts 14 Reasons and 10 New Reasons I unsubscribed from blogs.

Where Are You? I’m Not Feeling It. I’m Waiting. They Told Me They Were Quitting. Blogs With A Partial Feed. They Became Brainwashed.

A Note About Next Month.

In November last year I participated in NaBloPoMo as well as Nano Poblano and I did a commenting challenge. By the end of November I had added 133 new blogs to the feed reader. I’m going to be pretty ruthless in extracting the gems out of this list and creating folders with a more manageable number of blogs and I have to be totally honest with you – I am really looking forward to doing this, because some of these bloggers have turned out to be a bit annoying.. :(

Is your blog not found on the blogroll or in the recent new feeds posts? Would you like Snoskred to test drive your blog? Email Snoskred via the contact page and Snoskred will add your blog to her feed reader. :)

See previous new feeds for March – February – January & December – November – October – September – August – July –

New blogs to the feed reader since 28 Feb –

A Dingo Named Gerald
Angry people in local newspapers
Ask a Manager
can I get a witness
Captain Awkward
leslie beslie
Nouveau North Westerners
Souvlaki for the Soul
The View Is Beautiful
writes like a girl
Writing, fatshion, me

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers.

There are just 11 of you this month. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, often because I read a blogger who linked to you. I liked your blog a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so. Then I added you to my feedreader..

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment. If you want to get a feed reader, I highly recommend Inoreader, which I have been using a lot lately.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my permanent blogroll. YAY!

Is your blog not listed here but you would like it to be? Email Snoskred via the contact page and Snoskred will add your blog to her feed reader. :)

September New Feed Review –

And it has now been six months since September, so this month I have gone through that process and the blogs which I am keeping are these –

A Cartoon Guide to Becoming A Doctor
ababsurdo.com
Cauldrons and Cupcakes
Cooker and a Looker
fivefairiesandafella
Good Day, Regular People
It’s Time
JUST ME
Just me, Leah.
kindredsoulsinseoul
Kingfisher Cove
Life & Other Crises
Lukes Fishin’ Mission
Mrs BC’s House Of Chaos
Our Town Brisbane
Pamela J
Rustic Bites
TARYTERRE
Woosang Was Here

I must point out that this months additions had an extremely high amount of bloggers who went straight to my favourites folders. In fact, I created two new favourites folders especially and did a bit of a reshuffle. If you are looking for new blogs to read, I highly recommend checking out the above blogs.

Why did I unsubscribe from 7 of the 26 blogs? As per my 14 Reasons Readers Unsubscribe From Blogs. post – the reasons were as follows listed in no particular order –

Where Are You? I’m Not Feeling It. I’m Overwhelmed. They Were Cliquey. They Only Provide A Partial Feed.

See previous new feeds for February – January & December – November – October – September – August – July –

New blogs to the feed reader since 31 January –

Back Porch Tales
Beautiful, Free and Wonderful
BeautyfulYouniverse
Disco me to Oblivion, baby!
Frivolous Mrs D
Galla Creek Ephemeris
Going Gently
Jessica Luxe
Letters From Launna
Lone Wolf Concerto
Modest Nobility
Mrs BeBe Blog
My Crappy House
My romance with running
Practical Parsimony
RecipeGirl
Rosanna’s Kitchen
Sarah Jane’s Addiction
Scallywag Sprints
She Might Be Loved
Spotlights On The Redhead
Stunningly Mediocre
Sugar, Darling?
Tea Was Here
The Adored Life
The Eat More Food Project
The House on the Hill
Tiffany Bee
Unicorns in the Mist
Velvet Sacks
zamamabakes.com

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers..

There are 31 of you. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, often because I read a blogger who linked to you. I liked your blog a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so. Then I added you to my feedreader.

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment. If you want to get a feed reader, I highly recommend Inoreader, which I have been using a lot lately.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my permanent blogroll. YAY!

August New Feed Review –

It has now been six months since August, so this month I have gone through that process and the blogs which I am keeping are these – in August I divided the blogs into an International and Australian list so I’m keeping that division with the feed review.

International Keepers –

14 Shades Of Grey
Carly Blogs Here
Curves Become Her
Discourse Of A Divine Diva
Fashionably Employed
Life by Nadine Lynn
My Kitchen Escapades
nadia aboulhosn
Nine Thirty To Five
Taraustralis

International Unsubscribe

Why did I unsubscribe from 50 of the 60 international blogs?

I wrote a pretty decent post a long while ago with 14 reasons readers unsubscribe from your blog – and for this group, the reasons were as follows listed in no particular order –

Where Are You? You Went Quiet. You’re A Wanna-be. I’m not feeling it. Plus two new ones – Too Many Photos All The Time – You Only Provide A Partial Feed

Aussie Keepers –

All Cats are Grey At Night
Awesomely Unprepared
Boob In A Box
Budget Conscious Beauty Mumma
Central Station
Claire K Creations
Country Gypsies
FAUX FUSCHIA
Laughing Galah
Life At My Level
Life In Australia – Bob In Oz
MagnetoBoldToo!
Mamma’s Vida
Middle Aged Mama
See You In A Porridge
Stuff From The Suburbs
Surviving Oz
The Annoyed Thyroid
The Life Of Clare
Tune Into Radio Carly

Australian Unsubscribe

Why did I unsubscribe from 39 of the 59 Aussie blogs? As above – the reasons were as follows listed in no particular order –

Where Are You? You Went Quiet. You’re A Wanna-be. I’m not feeling it. Plus four new ones –

You wrote a post I strongly disagreed with – You spelled my name incorrectly, more than once! – I left you a comment but you did not publish it – You only provide a partial feed.

Is your blog not listed here but you would like it to be? Email Snoskred via the contact page and Snoskred will add your blog to her feed reader. :)

See previous new feeds for January & December – November – October – September – August – July –

I took a sneaky month off from posting my new feeds, but this month we are back, baby!!

New blogs to the feed reader since 30 November –

Amarachi Ukachu
And Then We Laughed
Balancing Meanderings
betweenthewires
Champagne and Chips
Cozy Cape Cottage
Engrish.com
Expat Eye On Germany
Goodnight, Cheese
her moon – her stars
Hollywood Housewife
Hotly Spiced
I Try:The Additive Property of Happiness
Just a Northern Girl
kelly’s kinda crazy
Linda’s wildlife garden
Medal Slut
Miscriant
Natalie Patalie
Not Entirely Perfect
Running My Butt Off
silverbells steps out
Stress and Stars
Suburban Tomato
The Art of Simple
The Artisan Life
this ain’t livin’
Uncle Spike’s Adventures
What I Weigh Today
Wildchild Chronicles
Willinga Wino
Zandria.us
~RAMBLING WOODS~

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers.

There are 34 of you. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, often because I read a blogger who linked to you. I liked your blog a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so. Then I added you to my feedreader.

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment. If you want to get a feed reader, I highly recommend Inoreader, which I have been using a lot lately.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my permanent blogroll. YAY!

And it has now been six months since July, so this month I have gone through that process and the blogs which I am keeping are these –

Adventures in HEL
Alison Asher
And I Get Dressed
Drifting through life
My Vintage Childhood

These blogs have all been added to my permanent blogroll. Welcome aboard!

So why did I unsubscribe from 18 of the 23 blogs? I wrote a pretty decent post a long while ago with 14 reasons readers unsubscribe from your blog – and for this group, the reasons were as follows listed in no particular order –

Where Are You? – You Went Quiet – You’re A Wanna-be – I’m not feeling it – Your Content Was Negative – and four new reasons – you made your blog private – you deleted your blog – you only provide a partial feed – you wrote something I totally disagreed with and it annoyed me so much I hit unsubscribe.

See previous new reads for November – October – September – August – July –

Plus view my Blogroll here!

New blogs added to the feed reader since 30 September –

Adelaide and Beyond
A is for Abi
A Wheelbarrow Full Of Style
Adventures Of A Riot Grrrl
Australian Subscription Boxes
Big Fat Betty
Call Me Kim
CamiKaos
Domesblissity
eat quaff laugh
Elizabeth Spiers
Feeling flabulous
Fizz and Frosting
Healthy Food For Living
High Riser
kelly exeter
Life in the City
LoriLoo
Memoirs of a Chronic Chick
Mookie’s Life
My Kitchen Stories
Natty Nikki
Nibbles and Noshes
Pamper and Curves
Pinkgemma.com
Plus Size & Proud
Poires au Chocolat
Polished Curves
Positively Stephanie
Pretty Big Butterflies
redhotcentre
Ruby Sapphire
Sarah’s Heart Writes
Seana Smith
Seeking Victory
Sort Life Out; Buy Milk
Stage Your Presence
The Curved Opinion
The I Love You Song
The Left of Perfect
The Life of a Beauty Addict
The Not So Secret Diary of a Wannabe Princess
U Can’t Wear That!
Up Up and Away
Under The Porch Light

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers! There are 45 of you. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, often because I read a blogger who linked to you. I liked your blog a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so. Then I added you to my feedreader.

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my permanent blogroll. YAY!

Please note :

Blogger and Google are doing a weird thing where they change the URL to be .com.au because I am from Australia and I am signed in to my gmail account. I think I caught all the ones that it changed on me, but if your URL is incorrectly listed here, please let me know in the comments and I will correct it. Obviously, you want all links to your blog to be to your actual blog URL and not one in a totally different country you do not live in!

I think this is yet another reason to kiss Blogger goodbye and go looking for a new, more stable, less run by Google and therefore subject to being deaded at any time, like Google Reader, Feedburner, and a long list of other Google projects they bought and then killed off.. :( You simply cannot rely on Google long term. I recommend wordpress.com as a starting point. WordPress are all about blogging, and not about being all things to all people like Google are.

See previous new reads for October – September – August – July – Plus view my Blogroll here!

November New Feeds will be a little different – I am planning to add only blogs participating in NaBloPoMo to one new folder, and blogs not participating in NaBloPoMo will go into a separate folder – so there will be two separate November lists.

New blogs added to the feedreader since 31 August –

50 Fat Dates
A Cartoon Guide to Becoming A Doctor
A CUP OF JO
A Life On Venus
ababsurdo.com
Artful Appearance
Cauldrons and Cupcakes
Cooker and a Looker
fivefairiesandafella
foto fräulein
Good Day, Regular People
It’s Time
JUST ME
Just me, Leah.
kindredsoulsinseoul
Kingfisher Cove
Life & Other Crises
Life, Love and Hiccups
Lukes Fishin’ Mission
Mrs BC’s House Of Chaos
Our Town Brisbane
Pamela J
Rustic Bites
Slapdash Mama
TARYTERRE
Woosang Was Here

Welcome to my feedreader, bloggers! There are 26 of you. In my internet travels I found my way to your blog, which I liked a lot. While there, I probably read back about 40+ posts or so.

At the end of 6 months or so, if I am still loving your blog as much as I did when I added you to my feed reader, I will add you to my blogroll. YAY! :)

Most of you will know what a feedreader is, but in case you do not, click here for info. The quick run down – it is an awesome program which collects new articles that bloggers post. So when you post something new, I get a copy, and if I have the time and something to say, I will click through and comment.

See previous new blogs for August – July – Plus view my Blogroll here!

It has been a massive month of adding blogs to the feedreader. YAY!

I am trying to say hi via comments to all the blogs listed below – if I have not got to your blog yet my apologies. :)

If you have arrived here because your blog is linked below, you might want to read my thoughts for bloggers which was posted yesterday. You might find none of it applies to you, you might find a little nugget there to take away and use. :)

New Blogs In August –

You’ll notice a bit of a fashion blog trend this month. People, out there in the world there is quite a movement afoot of fashion bloggers and more specifically curvy fashion bloggers. The more of them I add to my feed reader, the more I feel a balance of the images I am seeing on a daily basis shift in the direction of reality – people who look more like me and the people around me – rather than 95% stick thin celebrities and models and 5% real people.

Two Lists –

I’ve separated the Australian Blogs into a different list from the international blogs. I may have sometimes got it wrong – this might be because the general location of where a blogger lives was not on the about page, nor was it evident in the posts, or it might be that I missed seeing it. As I said, a lot of reading was going on. :)

If you are on the wrong list, let me know in the comments for this post.

Why two lists? Generally to make the sorting things into folders at a later date easier.

All blogs added this month went into two separate folders in my feed reader – as you see –

Blogs I add in September – October – November – etc – will also go into two separate, new folders. After 6 months, I will go through the blogs in these folders and make a decision on whether I want to keep reading them long term, and then they will get added into my permanent folders – and added permanently to the blogroll here on Life In The Country. :)

Enough with the typing, here are the blogs!

New International Blogs August – 60

14 Shades Of Grey
Aislynn’s World
All Things Fatshion & Design
Animated Cardigan
Beautygirl24
Candi Apple Couture
Carly Blogs Here
Casually Styled
Classy Curves
Cloud 14+
Cudzoo Farm
Curves Become Her
Curvy Mod
Discourse Of A Divine Diva
Dressing these Curves
Ella Pretty
Entre Montreal Et New York
Erica Exposed
Everyone Should Sparkle
Fashion Fairy Dust
Fashionably Employed
Fat In The City
flight of the fat girl
Francophile At Large
Happiness at Mid-Life
IE-Style
image-in-ing
In My Joi
It’s Mostly About Fashion
Just Biffi
KezzieAG
Killer Kurves
l’essential e(s)t l’accessoire
Life by Nadine Lynn
LION HUNTER
Loop Looks
Loopier by the Minute
Margot Meanie
More Pieces Of Me
Mr Library Dude
Musings of a Curvy Lady
My Kitchen Escapades
nadia aboulhosn
Nine Thirty To Five
On The Daily Express
Pink Sole
Queen Sized Flava
Red Carpet Fashion Awards
Regally Soled
Savvy Southern Chic
Something Gold, Something Blue
squiggleandswirl
Suits, Heels & Curves
Taraustralis
The Everywhereist
Thick Fit and Fabulous
Ursa Major + – Blog
Very Rarely Stable
Vodka Infused Lemonade
Walking in Memphis in High Heels

New Australian Blogs August – 59

Accidental Encounters
adventuresintechnicolour
All Cats are Grey At Night
Andi B. Goode
Awesomely Unprepared
bigwords
Boob In A Box
Book To The Future
Budget Conscious Beauty Mumma
CC Bloom
Central Station
Claire K Creations
Cook Republic
Country Gypsies
Down To Earth
FAUX FUSCHIA
Frame Dame
GourmetGirlfriend
Heike Herrling
How Can I Wear That?
hugo & elsa
Karen Cheng’s Fashion And Life
Katrina Chambers
Kiki & Tea
Laughing Galah
Life At My Level
Life In Australia – Bob In Oz
live. travel. blog.
MagnetoBoldToo!
Maid In Australia
Mamma’s Vida
Middle Aged Mama
My Own Story
Not A Ballerina
Raising Misters
Sea Of Ghosts
See You In A Porridge
Shauna Reid
She Who Rambles
Sonia Styling
Sparkles And Lace
Stuff From The Suburbs
Stuff With Thing
Stumble Down Under
Style and Shenanigans
Surviving Oz
That Space In Between
The Annoyed Thyroid
The Flying PHD
The Hungry Australian
The Life Of Clare
the little lioness
The Orgasmic Chef
The Sharpest Pencil
The Unlicensed Philosopher
Tucker
Tune Into Radio Carly
WaitUntilTheSunset
yELLE Styling

Previously – New Feeds July

I fully expect next month to be a much smaller list. :)